Luiz C. Samapio
Texas Heart Institute, USA
Title: Maximizing cardiac repair: Should we focus on cells or matrix?
Biography
Biography: Luiz C. Samapio
Abstract
Dr. Luiz C. Sampaio has devoted his entire career to reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease, first as a cardiovascular surgeon then as a regenerative medicine researcher. In his current positions as associate medical director for the Department of Regenerative Medicine Research and director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories at Texas Heart Institute, he is able to apply his medical and surgical skills to developing new approaches to preventing,
diagnosing, and treating heart disease.